Text: The Scarlet Pimpernel
Author: Baroness Orczy
Reading Times: September - October 23, 2011
Context:
What it's About:
During the Reign of Terror, aristocrats condemned to die are mysteriously disappearing. Rumor has it that this is the work of an elusive band of Englishmen; their leader, the Scarlet Pimpernel. Marguerite Blakeney, a beautiful French actress lately married to an English baronet, finds herself in a difficult situation. A ruthless agent of the Committee of Public Safety, Citizen Chauvelin, has black-mailed her to help him discover the identity of the Scarlet Pimpernel. Can she save her only brother from death? Will she betray a brave but mysterious hero to his death? Is this the end of the Scarlet Pimpernel?!
Author Info:
- http://kirjasto.sci.fi/orczy.htm
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroness_Emma_Orczy
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scarlet_Pimpernel
- http://www.scarletpimpernel.com/index.html
They seek him here, they seek him there. Those Frenchies seek him everywhere. Is he in heaven, or is he in hell? That damned elusive Pimpernel. - The Scarlet Pimpernel.
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